Overeating 'like drug addiction'
The urge to binge can be powerful for some
For obese people overeating is akin to drug addiction, research suggests.
Scans on seven overweight people revealed the regions of the brain that controlled satiety were the same as those in drug addicts craving drugs.
The US team who carried out the research said the findings could potentially help to uncover new treatments for obesity.
The work, led by a New York scientist, is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It gives us another channel to understand how to treat or prevent obesity
Overeating Addiction?
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